Overview of the National Preventive Mechanism
In addition to the monitoring and control activities, the commissions held 17
round-table meetings with institutions and senior administrative departments.
Number of visits in 2019 in individual Laender
according to the type of institution
pol.
pol.
ret.+
stat.
det. c.
nur.h.
psych.
wards
corr.
disabl.
Vienna
13
3
25
Burgenland
0
0
4
inst.f.
33
25
8
13
1
7
0
35
17
14
1
12
Salzburg
4
1
Carinthia
8
Styria
others
pol.
op.
8
4
4
0
0
0
0
28
5
8
2
0
9
7
0
8
1
2
7
3
7
0
0
0
9
1
5
3
9
3
4
2
2
6
2
20
3
12
10
3
1
4
Vorarlberg
0
2
4
5
3
3
2
0
2
Tyrol
2
2
14
14
6
5
5
0
5
Total
51
12
135
88
104
34
38
10
33
unannounced
50
12
130
87
101
33
32
9
25
Lower
Austria
Upper
Austria
Legend:
pol.stat.
pol.det.c.
ret.+nur.h.
youth
inst.f.disabl.
psych.wards
corr.inst.
others
pol.op.
youth
inst.
= police stations
= police detention centres
= retirement and nursing homes
= child and youth welfare facilities
= institutions and facilities for persons with disabilities
= psychiatric wards in hospitals/medical facilities
= correctional institutions
= police departments, Schwechat Airport special transit area, etc.
= police operations
The following table gives an overview of the visits in the individual Laender in
2019. It includes both the monitoring visits to the institutions and observations
of police operations. Most of the visits were in Vienna and Lower Austria, as
the density of population and institutions is highest in these Laender.
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